Merchandise carton or box.



N. J. GOODMAN.

MERCHANDISE CARTON 0R BOX.

APPLICATION FILED rmme, 1910.

1,099,294.. Pa nted June 9, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

UNITED STATES OFFICE.

NATHAN JLGOODMAN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOB. TO SIMPLEXSELF-HOLDING CARTON COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OFMISSOURI.

MERCHANDISE CARTON OR BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 9, 1914.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN J. GOODMAN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Merchandise Cartons or Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification containing a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to a merchandise carton or box, especially adaptedfor the holding of collars, and the object of my invention is toconstruct a carton which may be furnished the consumer in knock-downform, and can be readily assembled and packed by the consumer.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter morefully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the carton completely assembled;Fig. 2 shows a portion of the carton completely assembled, the outsidewrapping paper, and the band for holding the wrapping paper around theassembled carton; Fig. 3 is a perspective view, showing some of theflaps of the carton open, the wrapper being partly broken away; Fig. 4is a plan view of the wrapper and the flaps of the collar receptacleopened up; Fig. 5 is a plan of the outside wrapper and the carton properunfolded; Fig. 6 is a plan view with parts broken away, showing themethod by which the carton wrapper is secured to the carton proper, andalso showing the method of securing the fastening band to the wrappersection; Fig. 7 is a section taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 8is a view illustrating the manner of inserting the laundry ticketbetween the carton proper and the wrapper section.

It will be noted in the beginning that my carton is constructed out of awrapper section of thin, transparent material, and a car ton proper madeout of heavier material, the wrapper section being affixed to the cartonin any suitable manner, preferably by being gummed thereto.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 1 indicates thewrapper section, which is of sufficient size as to completely envelopthe carton proper, when assembled. The carton proper is stamped from asingle sheet of cardboard, as illustrated 1n Fig. 5, and comprises thesection 2, section 3 and section 4. The section 2 is al most completelyseparated from the section 3 by means of slits 5, the portion 6 unitingthe section 2 to the section 3. The section 4 is integral with thesection 3, and is provided with the flap 6.

The section 2 is provided in one end with a slot 7 and in the oppositeend with a tongue 8, which are for the purpose of uniting these endstogether. The section 2 is capable of forming the inner side wall of thecarton. This is effected by turning up the section 2, uniting the endsthereof by means of the slot 7 and tongue 8, and positioning the sameabout centrally on the section 3, which section 3 then forms the bottomof the carton proper, as illustrated in Fig. 4. It must be understood inthis connection that the section 2 is not attached to the wra persection 1. After the inner side wall 0 the carton has been thus formed,collars and the like may be placed in the same, and to complete theassembling of the carton, the section 4 is bent up along the inner wallof the carton, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and the flap 6 is bent down onthe inner wall of the carton.

The section 3 is scored at 9, 10, 11 and 12, permitting the section tobe bent along these lines. The distance between the score lines 9 and 11is about equal to the diameter of the inner wall of the carton formed bythe section 2. The distance between the score lines 9 and 10 and thescore lines 11. and 12 is about equal to the width of the section 2. Thescoring of the section 3 by means of lines 12 and 10 provides end flaps13 and 14. After the section 4 and flap 6 are positioned on the innerwall, as described, the flaps 13 and 14 are bent and positioned on topof the inner wall in a manner as illustrated in Fig. 3, which shows theend flaps in position to be folded down on the top edge of the innerwall. After the carton proper has been assembled as described, the outerwrapper section 1 is folded and interfolded over the carton proper, asillustrated in Fig. 1, which folding proceeds along the lines of theordinary wrapping up of boxes. After the outer wrapper section 1 hasbeen so folded over the carton proper, the completed carton is thenmaintained in an assembled condition by means of the band 15 havinggummed ends 16 and 17, the completed carton thus built up and securedbeing as illustrated in Fig. 1. The band 15 is aflixed to the outside ofthe wrapper section 1 by being gummed thereto. The outer wrapper section1 is secured to the section-3 of the carton proper along one sidethereof by gumming, thus permitting the elevation of the box on one sidefrom the outer wrapper section, as illustrated in Fig. 8, for theinsertion of a laundry ticket 18. The laundry ticket 18 is insertedbeneath the carton proper, between it and the outer transparent flexiblewrapper section 1, and is wrapped up with the assembling of the carton,and can be seen and examined without first dis-assembling the wrapped upor assembled carton, as illustrated in Fig. 1. This permits the dealerto properly identify and deliver the package without dis-assembling anduntying it.

A'carton constructed according to my invention may be used for variousarticles of merchandise, and it is especially adapted, as shown anddescribed, for collars, cuffs, belts, etc.

The carton is supplied to the distributers in knock-clown form asillustrated in Fig. 5, and it embraces,as heretofore described, thecarton proper, the outer flexible and transparent wrapper section, andthe band for holding the same in assembled form. The outer wrappersection 1 is of a thin,

transparent material, and when it is folded and wrapped around theassembled box it forms a package which is dust-proof.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a carton having an inner cylindricalportion arranged to receive and hold apparel collars and an outerrectangular portion constructed of a single piece of material andcomprising two parallel strips joined by a short integral neck, onestrip being unbroken and the other being scored at intervals, anintegral right angled portion extending laterally from the centralsection of the scored portion, and integral devices at the ends of saidunbroken portion for holding it incylindrical shape.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a carton having an inner cylindricalportion arranged to receive and hold apparel collars and an outerrectangular portion constructed of a single piece of material andcomprising two parallel strips oined by a short integral neck, one stripbeing unbroken and the other being scored at intervals, and integraldevices at the ends of said unbroken portion for holding it incylindrical shape.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

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